The homeowner who fatally shot a 20-year-old University of South Carolina student who tried to enter the wrong home on the street he lived on Saturday morning will not face charges because the incident was deemed “a justifiable homicide” under state law, Columbia police announced Wednesday.
Police said the identity of the homeowner who fired the gunshot that killed Nicholas Donofrio shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday will not be released because the police department and the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office determined his actions were justified under the state’s controversial “castle doctrine” law, which holds that people can act in self-defense towards “intruders and attackers without fear of prosecution or civil action for acting in defense of themselves and others.”
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In this case dude tried to kick the door in, then he broke a window, reached in and started trying to unlock the door. What would you have done?
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Guns are a lethal weapon, there are no safe places to shoot someone outside of a video game.
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I choose to be shot in the pinky toe then
Better than a shot to the anus star, thats for sure
Spoken like only a person that’s never been in a possible life or death situation and that has undergone zero self defense or tactical training.
Yup, lot of video game playing, “I would have done x instead”, captain hindsight people in here. You NEVER point a gun at something you don’t intend to kill.
Remember the dream of this place possibly not being infected by the likes of Reddit? Why can’t dreams ever come true…
No, it doesn’t mean “they were on the planet” it’s because in every way he broke into that home and you’re damn right YOU would have feared for your life in that situation. Don’t insult yourself by pretending otherwise.
Dude I’m with you. There’s a ton of shitty gun owner stories but this isn’t really one of them.
He wasn’t just “oh excuse me, wrong house” - he broke the window trying to unlatch the door. Pretty sure if I had a I bat I would have broken his arm, if I had I knife I would have stabbed him. Not saying shooting is necessarily a proportionate response but anyone who says they wouldn’t be scared shitless is a liar.